---
category: Foreign Government
created: 2025-07-22
description: French Intelligence refers to the various intelligence agencies of France,
  involved in national security and international espionage.
summary: French Intelligence refers to the intelligence services of France, which
  were indirectly linked to the early Cold War psi race through Jacques Bergier -
  a consulting editor with alleged French intelligence ties believed to have fabricated
  the USS Nautilus telepathy story.
tags:
- Organization
- Intelligence
- Government
- France
- Europe
title: French Intelligence
updated: 2025-07-22
---

[French Intelligence](/organizations/french-intelligence/) refers to the various intelligence agencies of [France](/places/france/). While not directly involved in the U.S. psychic research programs, French intelligence services were indirectly linked to the early Cold War "psi race" through figures like [Jacques Bergier](/people/jacques-bergier/). Bergier, a consulting editor with alleged connections to French intelligence, is believed to have been the source of the fabricated "[The Nautilus](/concepts/the-nautilus/)" story, which inadvertently spurred Soviet psi research.[^1]

[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.